--- title: ‘The King’s body-guard,’ thought the Prince to himself as he returne… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘The King’s body-guard,’ thought the Prince to himself as he returned their salutations, and then the carriage stopped, and he was shown into the presence of the King, who lay upon a rich Persian carpet surrounded by several little spaniels, who were occupied in chasing away the flies lest they shou --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/13/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [Heart of Ice, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/) / 13 # The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 2, sentence 13 ‘The King’s body-guard,’ thought the Prince to himself as he returned their salutations, and then the carriage stopped, and he was shown into the presence of the King, who lay upon a rich Persian carpet surrounded by several little spaniels, who were occupied in chasing away the flies lest they should disturb his Majesty. **Who acts:** body guard, Prince, carriage, several little spaniels, spaniels · **What happens:** think, return, stop, show, lay, surround · **To what, where:** Prince, salutations, presence, rich Persian carpet, flies, Majesty · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (body guard, Prince, carriage, several little spaniels), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg7277:15:13 # text = ‘The King’s body-guard,’ thought the Prince to himself as he returned their salutations, and then the carriage stopped, and he was shown into the presence of the King, who lay upon a rich Persian carpet surrounded by several little spaniels, who were occupied in chasing away the flies lest they should disturb his Majesty. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’s 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obl _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 18 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 salutations salutation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ _ 31 into into ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 40 upon upon ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 42 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 43 Persian persian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 carpet carpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 45 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 acl _ _ 46 by by ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 48 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 spaniels spaniel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 52 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 53 occupied occupied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 parataxis _ _ 54 in in SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 55 chasing chase VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 53 advcl _ _ 56 away away ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 flies fly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obj _ _ 59 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 60 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 61 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 disturb disturb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 acl _ _ 63 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 64 Majesty Majesty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | body guard | the Prince | Prince | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent prince=Attribute clause=Theme | | 2 | **return** | past | Prince | spaniels's salutations | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salutation=Theme | | 3 | **stop** | past | the carriage | | | | then | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **show** | past · passive | | Prince | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 5 | **lay** | present | | | | the presence of the King | | upon a rich Persian carpet | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon carpet=Destination | | 6 | **surround** | participle | | a rich Persian carpet *not said here* | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | several little spaniels | | | | | occupied *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **chase away** | gerund | several little spaniels *not said here* | the flies | | | | away *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Theme | | 9 | **disturb** | should | spaniels *= spaniel* | Prince's Majesty | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus majesty=Experiencer | | 10 | **salute** | | spaniels *= spaniel* | | | | | | nom salutation «communication transitive»: poss=agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/14/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/)